I Wouldn't Even Lick These Off Macca

Andrea and I saw these last night at the store:


Aren't these so disgusting? Who would want green apple-flavored topping on their ice cream? I think I understand the root beer one...like a root beer float, right? I hate root beer, but I can see that. But Dr. Pepper, let alone cherry Dr. Pepper? Gross. I bet that tastes like Robitussin.

By the way, I took that picture with my new BlackBerry Tour. It has a pretty good camera, doesn't it? That's good news. If I can't sneak my digital camera next month into the stadium, I can at least take a few decent pictures with my phone.

I've returned to my old ways of not posting. Big surprise. I knew this was going to happen. It always does.

I've been so busy with summer school. Such a bad idea.

Whatever.

I'm seeing Paul next month, and he'll make it all better again.

Baseball, Anyone?

Anyone want to go to the Astros v. Mets game this Friday night in Houston? I've an extra ticket. It also comes with a drink and hot dog. And of course, Happy Hour will precede the game. Fireworks (and probably more alcohol) succeeds the game.

Just let me know.* Text, IM, e-mail, or call.



*If you decide you'd like to come, you must also not mind having to sit next to me. I'll be sporting a Mets jersey and matching cap.

Musical Orgasm

GUESS WHO'S COMING NEXT MONTH TO DALLAS, ON WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19TH, AT COWBOYS STADIUM?!?!?!


I can't wait to see him. It's been way too long since I had an orgasm. Three and a half years! I'm already salivating at the mouth. Tickets go on sale to the general public on the 20th of this month. Pre-sale starts on the 13th. Who's going with me?!

86 Ryan

I was nearly finished writing about Andrea's and my trip to NJ/NY/CT/MA, but then I decided to ditch it. We went on our trip about four weeks ago, so it's old news. Nothing really happened. The highlights of the entire trip were meeting Ben Lee and then getting yelled at by some random guy that we walked past on the streets of NYC during Memorial Day weekend, "Fuck, girl! You look like you're going to fucking kill someone! Shit. Why don't you fucking smile? It's fucking Saturday night. Fuck." That was awesome. Other than that though, nothing. I did all of the driving. Never drive in MA, specifically in Boston. It's the worst. People in MA are nuts. I'm never complaining about the shit drivers here in TX.

As of right now, nothing exciting is going on, as usual. Nothing wrong with that. My life doesn't require any kind of drama, unlike some people I know. I'm just in summer school right now. It sucks. I haven't taken a summer class since my freshman year of college. I'm only taking one class this first session: Genetics. Genetics in five weeks. It's borderline amazing. Then in the second session, I'll take two classes: Chemistry and Molecular/Cellular Bio. Yay.

Last week, Andrea won twenty tickets to see Chris Fairbanks. Who gives away twenty tickets? I don't know. We don't even know that many people here. That's a lie. Let me rephrase: we don't know that many people here who we'd want to hang out with for that long of a time. Besides, a lot of our friends aren't here because it's summer. Of course though, we invited Paul and Erin. I even invited my good friend, Lisa, from San Antonio. I even went out on a limb and invited Ryan, this gay guy that I met a few months ago at the movie theater Andrea and I frequent in Barton Creek Mall. We did have twenty tickets to waste. I didn't know him all that well and thought it'd be a good idea. Big mistake.

I guess you don't really know a person until you hang out with them. Like I said, I didn't really know Ryan all that well. I solely knew him from the theater. He gave me a compliment about my Tiffany necklace (he said it looked beautiful on me and that he's been saving money to buy one for himself to wear...yeah, I don't know), and that started our correspondence. Every time Andrea and I would see a movie after that, he'd be there working. I would stop and chat with him for a good while, and we eventually exchanged numbers to hang out anywhere else outside of the theater.

We had to pick him up at the mall, which is about 10 or so miles out of the way, because his car was in the shop. He said he wrecked it, and I assumed it was because of a DWI. He mentioned that he had to sign up for Driver's Ed. I didn't really think anything of it. We met Paul, Erin, and Lisa at Pappasito's for Happy Hour (for those who don't know, Pappasito's has a pretty good HH. At least, I think so. Their drinks are a little pricey for HH, but they're completely worth it. Super strong, especially their frozen drinks).

Ryan only two Margaritas at Pappasito's. No biggie. And he was really lively and sweet. He'd even turn to me every so often to say that he loved me, thank me for inviting him, or that he was having a wonderful time. While he talked to our friends about me or something, he'd have his hand on me. Kind of weird, considering I'm not a very touchy/feely type of person. And on occasion, he'd say something completely unnecessary (for example, he'd bluntly tell the entire table that he wanted to fuck some actor). Other than that though, no problem.

Can you pick which one's Ryan?



If you chose the guy in the red and white plaid Oxford shirt, not a bad guess, but no. That's Paul. People always mistake him for being gay. Ryan's actually the double-chinned wannabe girl in the blue polo.

Then we headed over to the comedy club. Ryan was a fucking nightmare. During the first opening comedian's act, Ryan would answer every single rhetorical question that the comedian would ask the audience. You know, those generic questions that are always generally asked that don't necessarily require an actual verbal response. Nope, Ryan answered loud enough for the entire room to look over at our table. "How's everyone doing tonight?," in which Ryan would reply, "Oh, I'm wonderful tonight. Thank you for asking!" I didn't really mind that. Hell, it was even funny at one point. The comedian thought Ryan was a woman and thanked "her" for being cooperative. I wasn't sure if the comedians thought Ryan sounded like a girl, or if he thought one of us girls was the one answering. But of course, it was only downhill from that.

He had about five rum and Cokes and a Long Island or two. He progressed from being cute, to annoying, to fucking outright disrespectful and embarrassing. He heckled the second opening comedian. A lot of people turned to look at us every time Ryan said anything, even if it wasn't directed to the stage. He'd repeatedly say my name across the table to get my attention just to say that he loved me. After a few more drinks, he would repeatedly ask me if I was mad at him. This got annoying, but I masked my frustration with a smile each time and told him no.

People working at the club asked him to keep it down. They came over to our table about five times. Then during Chris's set, in addendum to Ryan's loud remarks (I remember that he exclaimed that he was gay when Chris was setting up a joke about gay men), he busted out his cell phone and talked to a friend. The second opening comedian even ran over to him and politely told him he wasn't allowed to talk on his phone during an act. It was horrible.

When we got up to leave, I had to hold his arm to keep him from falling on his drunken face. He sat in the back of my car with Andrea next to him. Lisa and I were in the front, discussing about her job (she's a special ed teacher). She had an interview in a few days with Austin ISD, and she asked me for advice on what to say and how to answer some questions that other districts were asking of her on the applications. Evidently, while Lisa and I were talking about all of this, Ryan was in the back, crying the entire time. He had his window rolled down (it was pouring rain that night too, by the way) and was just crying. When Andrea asked him what the matter was, he said that he was upset that I was mad at him since I was ignoring him. What the?

We dropped him off at the mall and that was the last time we've seen each other. He texted me the next morning to say he had a great time and to ask if I was mad at him. I lied and said no. He said he was worried about me being mad and wanted to go out again. Over my fucking dead body.

I suppose that's what I get for not taking my red flag, Ryan telling me about wrecking his car and having to take Defensive Driving, more seriously.

That's going to be the last time I'll ever hang out with Ryan again. His personality was a little too strong for my liking. And more importantly, he was completely vacant. We had absolutely nothing in common, except for similar tastes in jewelry and boys. I need something more than that. I have a very low tolerance for stupidity. Not that he's stupid, but there was just nothing there with him. I can't imagine ever having a conversation with him about the economy, let alone sports. When I mentioned how hard my Genetics class was, he complained about his acting class at a community college. And oh, he has a "degree" in wedding planning. The hell?

And the fact that he acted so immaturely the first time we went out just really turned me off. Why would you act like that in front of someone who you don't really know that well? You'd think Ryan would be on his best behavior, maybe even be over cautious, especially since he was also meeting my friends. If he acted like this after knowing each other for a month or two, maybe I'd be more understanding. But even then, I don't like to hang out with people who don't know how to handle their liquor, and I certainly don't like to babysit an obnoxious ass who embarrasses himself, my friends, and me. Ryan's a great guy, and I'm sure he has potential to offer something more than just good taste in jewelry. He's super sweet, but there's nothing about him that interests me.

Next potential friend, please.

We're all headed to the same comedy club tonight to see Hal Sparks, without Ryan this time. I'm sure we'll have a great time now that we're all spared the embarrassment. I actually didn't enjoy myself all that much because of him. Hopefully that'll change tonight. And hopefully Hal Sparks will be funnier than Chris Fairbanks. It won't be that hard to do.

With everything that happened that night aside, disappointingly, Chris Fairbanks was not funny. He completely bombed. His first opener was a local, and he was absolutely not funny. The second opener was also a local, and he was a little funny. I've seen him before when he opened up for Maria Bamford. I think his delivery was what saved him, not the jokes and stories per se. I thought after all the buildup, Chris would be somewhat funny. Nope. He wasn't funny...at all, actually. He had a lot of weird material. I managed to snicker and smile a few times, sure. But when I turned to look at everyone else, no one was laughing, or even smiling. Chris even noticed the audience's lack of interest in his act and said that we were more impressed by the thunderstorm than we were with him. He couldn't be more right. He struggled, and it showed, badly. I didn't really get that though since he won the "Funniest person in Austin" annual competition in the late 1990s. Perhaps Austin grew out of the eccentric material? That might be true since I remember that a lot of people didn't care for Hard 'N Phirm either when we saw them. Austin did love Doug Benson and Maria though. I don't know. We talked to Chris after the show, and he initiated the fact that he bombed (well, we weren't going to be rude by mentioning that he sucked). We lied, said he was funny as Hell, and it was difficult to compete with the rain. Hopefully we won't have to lie to Hal Sparks tonight. We'll see.

Fuck You Friday

Fuck You, Francisco, You Graves' Diseased Piece of Mexican Shit

Andrea and I have been applying to a number of restaurants for the past couple of months, and still nothing. I don't get it. I really don't. She and I have years of experience in the restaurant business. Fuckers.

Then last Tuesday came.

I received a callback from a manager named Francisco at this Mexican place called Manuel's, which is near the Arboretum. He wanted me to come in for an interview at 4:30. Andrea and I went over there after class.

When we got there, a Mexican male server with a heavy Mexican accent came up to us. I told him that I was there to meet Francisco for an interview. He told us to have a seat at the bar, and he'd go get him. So, we did as we were told. The bartender asked us in a heavy Mexican accent what we wanted to drink, but we informed him that we were just waiting.

And we did wait. Nearly thirty minutes. No one ever came up to us to tell us Francisco's status, whether he was coming or not, what he was doing, ETA, nothing. Mistake #1.

Finally, an older Mexican guy walked out of the kitchen and was looking everywhere. I assumed he was the manager because he was dressed in khakis and a button-up shirt. I rose from my seat, asked him if he was Francisco, and told him who I was. He nodded and told me, no surprise here, in a heavy Mexican accent, to sit at an empty booth on the other side of the restaurant while he went back to the office to get my application. What the hell? He should've had it already when he came out. Mistake #2.

He came back and sat across the table from me. I was instantly drawn by his ugly, bulging eyes and beak-like nose.

The following conversation is what was said during the interview. The text in red is what I wanted to tell him, but didn't verbally say. And no, there are no typos on my part for his dialogue. He spoke in broken English in a thick Mexican accent.

F: "So, tell me 'bout your work experience in food business."
M: "I worked for Chili's for three and a half years. I was a very versatile employee there. I waited tables, I did to-gos, I expoed, I hosted, and I trained new employees."

While I spoke, he motioned his hand at me to hurry up with my answers. I wanted to cut his hand off and poke his eyes back inside his head with his fingers. Don't ask me a question if you don't want to know the answer. He did this throughout the entire interview. Stupid asshole.

F: "So, that's it?"
M: "Excuse me?"
"You only have three years?"
"I have three and a half years, right." What do you mean only three years? That's a lot. I'm sorry that waiting tables isn't my career.
"That all you have?"
"Well, unless you want to consider working at fast food places when I was younger as working in the restaurant business."
"Ya, those don't count."

F: "Do you have many familiar with tequilas?"
"To be honest, I'm actually not very familiar with different kinds of tequila. My knowledge is pretty limited based on the fact that I don't drink often. Basically, the only knowledge I have is what was served at Chili's, and that wasn't very much."
"Ya, they don't have a lot of tequilas."
"Right." That's what I just said, you dumb fuck.
"K, how 'bout wine?"
"Again, I'm not very familiar with the different kinds of wine. I know your basics. I can distinguish a red from white wine. Chili's didn't have a very extensive wine list. They just had Pinot Grigio, Chardonnay, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Shiraz, and White Zin."
"You no drink wine either?"
"No. I don't drink alcohol very often."
"But it's wine, not alcohol." What the hell? Wine's a type of alcohol...even I know that.
"Okay...but just because I don't know a lot about alcohol, doesn't mean I can't learn what alcohol goes well with a certain dish, or what kind of alcohol you offer here."
"Okay, but do you have familiar with de Mexican culture?"
"Other than growing up and living in Texas, not really."
"What? You are Mexican."
"No, actually...I'm Filipina."
"But your last name..."
"I know, a lot of Filipinos have Spanish last names." (I have to explain this all of the time.)
"So, you don't know 'bout Mexican cultures?"
"Well, like I said, I'm not Mexican. I didn't grow up Mexican; although, the Filipino culture is similar to the Mexican culture. I grew up Catholic, I have very traditional..."
"Not the same. You don't know Mexican culture."
"I know a lot from being raised and living in Texas and from school. I took years of Spanish and took a seminar on Mexican-American literature where we studied the Mexican culture's influence on America. But if you're asking me if I know it from personal experience, no."
"Ya, so no knowing of Mexican culture." What the fuck? I know that the Mexican culture consists of illegally coming to the States, mostly to do stoop labor. I know that your restaurant more than likely employees a few illegals. I know about the hierarchy in Mexican families where the man is the head simply because he has a penis. I know about machismo. I know that Mexican men are typically lazy and smell bad. I know about cholas. I know that they're all gangsta girls.
"Do you know the main ingre...ingred...ingrade..."
"Ingredients?"
"Ya, ingredients in Mexican cooking?"
"No, I'm not familiar with the ingredients in Mexican cooking either, I suppose."
"I see you have a degree. You go to school?"
"Yes."
"Oh, well...you don't need school for this job."


He just looked at me with those fucking Pekingese eyes.

"K, well...I have a lot of people coming for applications and interviews. I'm calling the ones that I think are good for this server job. It will take me a some time to pick which one I want for this job because there are so many people. If you don't hear from me, that mean I went a different way and chose someone else."
"Well, I certainly hope that's the case."

And I got up, and we left.

He degraded me the entire time. He tried to make me feel inadequate, as if I wasn't capable of performing the responsibilities as a server at a Mexican restaurant, simply because I'm not Mexican. You don't have to be a fucking Mexican to work at a Mexican restaurant. Mexicans aren't the only ones that eat at Mexican restaurants, especially in that nice area, and especially for that overpriced menu. I can guarantee that I can communicate with the customers more effectively than anyone who currently works there.

So, fuck you, Fransisco, you ugly Black-Moor-Goldfish-lookalike. How dare you tell me that I'm not good enough to serve tables. I have experience and an education. If anything, I'm over-qualified.

Fuck You, St. Edward's

My last day of class was today, but finals start up on Monday. What the hell? St. Edward's doesn't have "dead" or reading days. I haven't taken an actual final in about four years. How could you not have "dead" days?

Fuck you, St. Edward's for not operating like a normal university.

Fuck You, Swine Flu

I'm just stretching for things now.


All right, well, I suppose that's it for this week. I apologize for this week's sucky content.

Back to studying.

Fuck You Friday

Fuck You, You Wannabe Liberal Intellectual

That title's an oxymoron. Liberal intellectual? That doesn't exist.

I have an hour and a half break between my two Biology classes every Tuesday and Thursday. During my break, I'll either do one or more of five things: 1) Sleep in my car (this is what I did 98% of the time when it was still cold), 2) Chat up Andrea on Gchat, 3) Call Mom and get my weekly phone call in, 4) Check my e-mail and surf the internet for nude pictures of Paul (kidding about the latter. Or am I?), and/or 5) Study for my second Biology class (this rarely happens since I only study when a test or quiz will be given). I'll do all of this either in the building where I have my second Biology class, either upstairs in the computer lab, or downstairs in the foyer area.

Yesterday, I was in the foyer area. There are about ten computers facing one wall, five soda machines, a snack machine, ten couches, and a number of tables and chairs. This area's primarily used for study groups, a dining area, and tutoring. Needless to say, it's never quiet here. People are on the couches talking to each other, there are a few students studying together, soda cans bang against the slot when someone puts in seventy-five cents, groups of people walk through and observe the foyer while the student tour guide talks about how great St. Ed's is, and some kids sit on their asses and talk on their cell phone.

I was one of those kids.

I was at one of the computers, checking my e-mail when my mother called. I answered it at my desk and chatted with her about Andrea's new glasses and some other useless crap. While I was on the phone, I felt two slightly harsh pokes on my right shoulder. I told my mother to hang on, and I turned to face this fat woman who sported a masculine haircut and those stupid trendy, modern, black, wannabe 50s vintage, thick-framed glasses.

"I'm sorry to bother you, but do you mind taking your phone call outside? I'm trying to work," she said rudely while she pointed to the computer two down from me.

At this point, I was already irritated. The fact that she was verbally rude to me just worsened my mood from when she touched me.

I glared up at her and said, "Actually, I do mind. This isn't a library, nor is it a quiet study area."

She was taken aback. "Well, I can't concentrate. I'd really appreciate it if you would go outside, or just at least move there to the couch."

"I'm actually not talking any louder than anyone else in here. The only difference is that my mother isn't physically here for me to talk to."

"I'm just trying to work here. You don't have to listen to what I say, but..."

"You're absolutely right. I don't have to listen to you, and I won't. Like I said, this isn't a quiet area. You're more than welcome to go upstairs to the computer lab and work there. It's not as loud there, but that isn't a quiet area either. I don't know what else to tell you, other than you're just going to have to deal with it."

I can be a real bitch sometimes, huh? Well, I wouldn't really say that was bitchy. I just have a mouth sometimes.

She exhaled her frustrated out. It felt like a freaking hurricane. Then she turned around, stomped back over to her computer as the entire building shook from her shifting weight, and I continued my phone conversation with my mom.

Seconds after the bitch sat down, an Asian girl who sat in between us turned to her and said, "The computer lab is quieter, but it can get loud like it does here." I saw the bitch give the girl a lame effort of a smile and then give me an ugly glare, in the corner of my eye. Then she pouted in front of her computer while I took my sweet time on the phone to finish my conversation.

What an idiot.

I don't ever tolerate that crap. I hate, hate, hate when people tell me what to do, especially when they've absolutely no authority or right to tell me anything. I wasn't sure if this lady was a professor, a school employee, or just an older student. Well, it doesn't really matter. It wasn't her place to tell me anything. If I was in a library, I of course wouldn't be talking on the phone. Hell, my phone would be on silent before I even entered the library. But that was just it though, I wasn't in a library. I was in a freaking open space that's primarily used for activities that requires talking.

And one more thing, you don't ever touch someone you don't know. When that queynte touched me, she was just asking for it. Good thing I didn't go Kung Fu on her saggy ass. Not really. I was really tempted to slap her fingers away though. That was just rude.

So, fuck you, you old piece of fart who had the nerve and had no position whatsoever to ask me to take my phone conversation outside.

Fuck You, Mr. Mildew-Smelling Bike Rider President

I'm actually not sure if he was the president of his club or not. I just assumed he was since he was the first one there.

This also happened yesterday. Around 8 P.M., Andrea and I left one of the computer labs and headed to the public lobby area where three nice, leather, and comfy couches and a big flat screen T.V. are found. We're usually in said lobby area every Tuesday through Thursday of every week because of American Idol and Grey's Anatomy. There was FINALLY a new episode of Grey's last night. Andrea and I didn't want to miss it, of course.

When we got there, some douchebag was already sitting on one of the couches. He looked like a douche. He really did. You know those kind of guys who just look like they'd be a douche? He had one of those faces. He just sat there like a complete idiot as his hand clung onto his dirty and probably thrift shop-purchased piece of junk bike (why would you bring your bike inside the building?), as if someone was going to steal it. A bum wouldn't even touch that piece of shit bike of his.

Andrea sat down on the couch parallel to this guy. I thought I'd be nice and asked if he was watching. He said he wasn't. As I made my way to change the channel, he informed me that there was going to be a meeting there at 8 P.M. What? Why would you hold a meeting in a public area where there's lots of traffic of people, lots of noise, and a T.V. that random people use? It didn't stop me though. I just changed the channel and sat down.

And sure enough, other people came to the lobby area for this meeting. They all looked like douches. Very unkempt and "natural" (people use that term very loosely to mean "dirty" and "smelly" since they haven't bathed for a week). I hate that current trend of twenty somethings dressing in thin, striped V-neck shirts, super tight jeans that shows a complete mold of your ball sack, worn-out old man shoes, one of those queer sling backpacks, and a rubber headband to top it all off. Their left pant leg's usually rolled up at least a foot to show everyone that they're a bike rider. Very gay. But yeah, about eleven of these idiots showed up for the meeting, and two other people rolled in their bikes (this continued to make no sense to me since there's a bike rack outside).

Andrea and I just sat there on the couches while they yelled at each other, despite the fact that they were only about two feet away, at the farthest, from each other. It wasn't like they couldn't hear each other either. The T.V.'s volume was really faint. We couldn't hear it at all. Everyone was yelling at each other because it was already loud. Just down the hall, the coffee shop was doing some kind of open mic night.

While we sat there, just minding our own business and watching T.V. pretty much on mute, I overheard a girl ask that douche guy why they hadn't yet started their meeting. He replied with, "Because Grey's Anatomy is more important." Fuck you, dude.

A few minutes later, I heard him tell some of the members that he asked us nicely to move for their meeting. Fuck you, liar. He never asked us anything. Well, I take that back. He did ask me what we were planning on watching. That was it though. He never asked us to move. I wanted to say something to him, but I held my tongue. But even if he had asked us, we wouldn't have budged. Why would we? And, it wasn't as if we told him that he should hold his meeting elsewhere. We didn't care if they had their meeting of fifteen or so people on a few couches that only fit eight.

It took them fifteen minutes to realize that we weren't going to move. The king douche got frustrated and told the club that their meeting was moved upstairs. Thank God. As they made their way upstairs (the idiots with the bikes rolled them up the stairs, too), I stood from the couch to put the volume up. I didn't give a shit that they were mad.

Why the hell would you hold your meeting in a lobby where people walk through constantly, or in an area where there's a T.V. that's frequently used? And worse, in an area that was obviously too small for the amount of club members? That made no sense to me. It wasn't like you could reserve the lobby for a meeting. It's completely open to anyone. And they could move their meeting to another area...like, oh, I don't know....a quiet room where they can actually have a meeting that doesn't require shouting at each other two feet away. Or better yet, why not just hold your meeting in the regular area? Fucking morons.

So, fuck you, you pit-stained lying fuck. Fuck your bike, too. It was stupid.


That's it for this week's FYF.

This is Better than Fuck You Friday

It is, I promise.

I apologize for not writing one up for last week. It was Grace's 21st birthday, Andrea's 22nd, and Paul's 22nd all last weekend. Busy, busy, busy. I didn't have time to write one. Plus, I don't think anyone really pissed me off enough to make the FUF.

As some of you already know, I'm a HUGE Beatles fan. I'm not one of those poser fans that only likes their hits, or who can just name all four members. We're talking about obsessed.

And as some of you already know, I've been raving on and on and anticipating the arrival of The Beatles: Rock Band on September 9, 2009 (09.09.09 - very significant numbers. Why? Ask me!). It's really sad. I talk about it on my blog, and I talk about it even more in person.

This was released last week by Gamestop:



OH...

MY...

GOSH!!!

Ringo's drums?!?! Paul's Hofner?!?! I'm in heaven.

The bundle's $250 though. Geez. The game's only $60. Evidently, the contents inside the box are supposedly worth $200 more than just the game. As you just read above, the bundle includes Ringo's infamous drums, a mic stand, and Paul's Hofner. Is that really worth $200 though? With that price, it should include a couple of more mics. The Beatles, like many other groups of their times, had great harmonies. You'll need more than one microphone since it takes more than just one person to pull off anything remotely close to The Beatles's harmonies. That's great that a mic stand's included, but c'mon.

I'm sure the "additional special content" was also included in its $200 worth. I wonder what it is. They haven't yet released it. Maybe they'll let us in on the secret near the target date, or maybe they'll keep mum and make us buy the bundle to find out what it is. I hope it's a collection of Beatle apparel: collarless jackets from the early years, British military tanned suits (Shea Stadium), vintage Beatle leather boots, colorful Sgt. Pepper jackets, and Beatle mop top wigs. That'd be so sweet.

I doubt that I'm right though. Something tells me that I'll be let down when I open the box and find a freaking gay Yoko Ono blow-up doll that's labeled "additional special content" on the sticker. I'll seriously be so pissed. I might even consider returning the bundle and writing hate mail to Harmonix, the makers of the game.

The set list is also not available yet. The game is said to contain 25 songs that reflect their entire career. My guess is that they're only going to include songs from their studio albums. I hope, hope, hope that they're not strictly going to include their songs off of 1, an album released in 2000 that featured all of their singles that hit #1 in both the U.K. and U.S. charts. That certainly would not do their career any justice since no singles were released off of Sgt. Pepper and the White Album. If they were smart, they'd mirror the picks off of their "Red" (1962-1966) and "Blue" (1967-1970) albums.

My hopeful assumptions:

1. "Love Me Do"
2. "She Loves You"
3. "I Want to Hold Your Hand"
4. "A Hard Day's Night"
5. "Can't Buy Me Love"
7. "Yesterday"
8. "Help!"
10. "In My Life"
11. "Yellow Submarine" (I don't really hope this will be on there, but it will. It's the only song sung by Ringo that people know)
12. "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"
13. "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds"
14. "A Day in the Life"
15. "I Am the Walrus"
16. "Strawberry Fields Forever"
17. "Penny Lane"
18. "All You Need is Love"
19. "While My Guitar Gently Weeps"
20. "Get Back"
21. "Come Together"
22. "Something"
23. "Let It Be"
24. "Across the Universe"
25. "The Long and Winding Road"

Does anyone else have any guesses? I'll be happy to read/listen to them.

I know I'll wrote more about this as soon as there are more updates. Plus, I will be having a Beatles Rock Band party on the release date. I'll keep y'all posted.

In the meantime, however, you can reserve your bundle from Gamestop for XBox 360, Wii, or PS3, or just the game for your XBox 360, Wii, or PS3.

Fuck You Friday

This past week was pretty uneventful. I only had class from Monday through Wednesday since we were given a five-day break for Easter. Can you believe that? Five days? I’m not complaining. I do, however, have two exams on Tuesday as soon as I return to school. That’s something definitely to complain about.

It looks like I’m actually sticking to my Fuck You Friday entries. Well, it’s too early to really say that since it is only my second entry, but still. Let’s see whether I’ll be able to maintain this or not.

So, without further ado…

Fuck you, you 300 lb. lard-stuffed, poor excuse for Jabba the Hut

While I waited in my car for Andrea, coincidentally in the same place where I received that $25 parking ticket from the City, this 300 lb. girl stuck her head into my car to tell me to move. This walking camel toe worked for some disabled persons organization. She even had one of those identification tags that you wear around your neck. I had the pleasure of seeing her fat face on it when she whipped it out and showed me that she meant business and was official. She informed me that I was parked in front of a sidewalk's small ramp for the handicap and had to move.

Now, I wouldn't have minded her Fat Albert physique had she talked to me without the attitude (Why is it that a lot of fat girls have that ugly attitude?). I also wasn't parked directly in front of said ramp. There was a big gap between the ramp and my car, plenty of room for someone in a wheelchair or scooter to roll onto. Besides, the chances of someone in a wheelchair or scooter driving on that particular sidewalk were slim to none. The sidewalk led to a major street from the UT campus and vice versa. So stupid.

I wanted to tell her that the waterfall of sweat pouring down her face smelled like bacon grease, but I just gave her a sarcastic, "Uh, okay" answer. She stood back and waited while I took my sweet time to put away my notes that I was looking over before I was disturbed, possibly almost eaten, so I could move my car. On my way to a different spot, I looked in my rear view mirror and saw her Tweedledee body waddle down the little ramp. What the hell? Apparently, my car was parked far enough for a scooter to drive through, but didn't provide enough room for a suma wrestler. What a bitch. She didn't have to use the ramp to get off the sidewalk. She could've just directly walked off the sidewalk onto the road. But I guess using a ramp takes less energy. She couldn't lift her cellulite legs to make that little extra effort to just walk down off of the sidewalk to cross the road. I just couldn't believe that she used the handicap excuse when she just wanted to walk down the ramp. Doesn't she know that being fat isn't a handicap? So, fuck you, you 300 lbs. of shit in a 10 lb. bag.

Fuck you, UPS

I sent my new phone to Samsung through UPS to be repaired almost two months ago. All the while, I've been calling Samsung about the status of my phone. I knew that it'd take them forever to check what was wrong with it, fix it, and send it back. That's always the case. Samsung repeatedly told me that they never received my phone in the mail. So, I checked UPS's website to track my package. It said that it was "still in transit" in Mesquite, TX. It arrived in Mesquite the day after it was shipped from Kerrville, where it was shipped from. The package was scheduled to arrive in Plano, which is only, what, five hours away from Kerrville? It didn't make sense that it'd take nearly two months for it to get there. I mean, I could've delivered it myself by foot faster than that.

I finally just called UPS about it. The representative told me that they lost my phone in Mesquite and weren''t aware of it till just then, but were going to create an investigation about its whereabouts. In the meantime though, I had to call Samsung to inform them that my phone was MIA. What? I got a little irritated with him. Had I not called, UPS would've never informed me that my package was missing; and worse, they wouldn't even do anything about it. Idiots. I let him know that I was irritated and not appreciative in the fact that they were just waiting the failed delivery out. I even made him call Samsung since it was UPS's fault that my phone wasn't delivered. Bitches.

Fuck you, idiot Americans, Randy Jackson, Kara DioGuardi, Paula Abdul, and Simon Cowell, who like, praise, and vote for Adam Lambert and Lil Rounds

This particular fuck you is directed to those who obviously can't distinguish talent from sharp, glass-shattering shrieks, or unoriginal and consistently off-key singing that lacks any kind of soul (the kind of soul found in R&B and Motown, and the kind of soul that's expected from any Black singer, to be exact) from raw talent.

The judges continue to praise Adam's poor attempts to sing. I just don't get it. I really don't. You know that high-pitched screech that a cat makes when you pull its tail while it's trying to run away from you? That's exactly what Adam sounds like when he sings. Adam has absolutely no range whatsoever in his vocals, just like Danny Gokey and Megan Corkrey, who was eliminated two weeks ago. He has no artistry, despite what Kara keeps saying. He doesn't make a song his own. It isn't artistry. It isn't originiality. It's simply an excuse. It's a cover-up of the fact that he doesn't know how to interpret the different musical genres. He makes every song fit his comfort zone because he doesn't know how to "sing" outside that, which is why every single song he does sounds exactly the same, or sounds like a complete disaster since not every genre can be so transformed to fit his excuse, for example: his version of "Ring of Fire." That was beyond nauseating, not to mention offensive to Johnny Cash.

As far as Lil Rounds...well, all I have to say is that she's fortunate that she's the only Barack this season. Seriously, if it wasn't for that fact, she would've been eliminated a long time ago. She has strong chords, I'll give her that. She can only sing loudly. That's it. But my gosh, she can't sing in tune, or on pitch if her life depended on it. She can't even pick a good song for herself. I really appreciated Kara's critique during Motown Week, although some morons would've considered it racist. Kara was disappointed in Lil's failure to "wow" them since it was her week to impress them; since well, it was in fact Motown Week. She said that since she didn't entice them during the week that everyone expected her to do well on, then chances are she wouldn't be able to impress them in the upcoming weeks. That couldn't be any closer to the truth. It didn't mean that just because Lil's black, she should automatically represent Motown. She was talking about Lil's voice, which fits the sound of Motown and R&B. It had nothing to do with her being black.

They even showed clips of an overly emotional Lil while she walked through the Rock 'n' Roll of Fame's section of female recording artists of Motown. She commented on how hard she worked the entire week to do justice to Aretha Franklin and continue the pride of female singers that paved the way in Motown. And prior to Motown week, she sang soulful R&B songs and did well. So, it had nothing to do with her race. Kara was talking about the expectations that everyone had because of Lil’s record of singing Motownique songs.

And guess what? Kara was right. Lil did horrible on Country week, the “year the Idol was born” week, and Top 40 week. She keeps saying that she’s a versatile singer and promising to improve in her song choice every week. You’d think that people wouldn’t be repeatedly stupid and stop voting to keep her there, but alas…

I hate that American Idol isn’t necessarily a competition based on talent. It’s based on popularity. It’s based on image. It’s based on money. It’s based on who can sell-out the best. People’s votes on people who don’t have any musical talent, like Adam or Lil, are completely wasted. Those votes should be reserved for those who deserve the record deal because of their talent, their passion, and their capability to produce intelligent music.

So, fuck every single one of you who support Adam and Lil.

Fuck you, nosey lady who has hair that looks like Mr. Snuffleupagus’s ass and can’t spell

Grace, Andrea, and I ate dinner at Fish City Grill on Wednesday, before Andrea’s horrid softball game (after having a seven point lead, they still lost by one point in the last inning since her team can’t hold any runs, even if they’re given seven chances to improve themselves worthy). Fish City Grill has daily dinner specials that they write on a massive chalkboard, in addition to their regular everyday menu. I noticed that they spelled a number of words incorrectly. It wasn’t that I was nitpicking (that’s usually the case when it comes to any public display. I’ve a habit to scrutinize a display’s grammar. Sometimes, I’ll even take a red pen and edit it), but it was hard not to see the mistakes since the words were written in a huge font size, about 1 foot.

I always see the word “vinaigrette” spelled incorrectly. I’ll usually let that one pass since it is tricky. Fish City Grill spelled it as “vinagarette.” Close. They spelled “sesame” wrong too: “seasame.” I wasn’t sure if that was supposed to be a play on words since they are a seafood place. Highly doubtful. But then we noticed that they even spelled “peanut” wrong: “penut.”

The three of us were giggling, pointing, and verbally correcting the mistakes. It never made sense to me that people don’t edit their signs. You’d think that people would be overly cautious about what they display since it is a direct display and proof of their intelligence. I know I would be.

I noticed the lady who sat directly behind me looking up at the sign while we made fun of the misspellings. She looked like a man from the back. I knew she was listening to our conversation. It was hard not to since we were a little bit loud. She kept moving her head in the direction of what word we were talking about.

Then I saw her motion the manager to her table. She informed him that there were a number of words spelled incorrectly. When he asked which words, I heard her tell him the three that we found. He told her that spelling was never his forte and asked how to spell the three words correctly. And guess what? She didn’t fucking know. She said, “Oh, I’m not sure how to spell them. I just know they’re wrong because they don’t look right.”

Are you kidding me?

If you have the audacity to tell someone they’re wrong, then you sure as Hell should also be able to know how to correct it. What’s the point in even pointing out the fact that they’re wrong when you can’t even tell them why it’s wrong and how to fix it? I hate people who are like that. I suppose they just enjoy being right, even if they don’t know why.

I think that’s what irritated me the most about this fucking stupid lady. I didn’t really care that she listened in our conversation, stole our thunder, or had the ugliest backside of a head I’ve ever seen. She just really irritated me that she had the nerve to tell the manager he didn’t know how to spell when she couldn’t spell either. So, fuck you lady for being stupider than the man who can’t spell “vinaigrette,” “sesame,” or “peanut” because you too lack the ability to spell those three words, and in addendum, lack common courtesy and class.


So, that’s it for this week’s Fuck You Friday. Till next time.

Fuck You Friday

Fuck you, Bob Marley wannabe manager guy at Péché

Andrea and I went downtown on Monday to look for a job. We saw on Craig’s List that Péché needed servers, hosts, line chefs, barbacks, etc. I know that I absolutely loathe waiting tables, but there isn’t anything else out there that’ll be flexible with my school hours. Besides, waiting tables is good and fast money, which is what I really care about. The downers though are the idiotic people you serve and the disrespect you’re forced to put up with because your job requires nothing but customer service. But I’ve learned to deal with all of that as time went on by not tolerating it, so it isn’t that bad.

Anyhow, we went downtown around 3:30. We first stopped to fill out an application at the Roaring Fork, which is on the corner of 7^th and Congress, right next to the Paramount Theater. I actually worked two blocks down from there when I interned for the Kay Bailey for Senate Committee. I’m not sure if they’re hiring or not, but they told us that they were accepting applications, so we filled one out. It didn’t look too promising, but hey.

Then we drove to 4^th Street to apply at Péché. We drove up and down that gay street (literally, it’s gay. 4^th is filled with nothing but gay bars), looking for the stupid place. We happened to run across it when we were on our way to apply at Trulock’s. Péché was just two buildings down, on the corner. It was so small and narrow, no matter we couldn’t find it.

We asked this blonde server for an application, and she told us to go downstairs to their bar to get an application. So, we did. There was a girl there sitting on the couch while talking on the phone. She asked if she could help us and told us that we had to get the application from the manager in the office. Andrea went over to said manager’s office, but he motioned that he was on the phone and would be with her in a minute. Yeah, a minute my ass. Andrea and I waited there at the bar top for about a good twenty minutes. Now mind you, we were paying for a meter. And if you read my previous entry about how much I hate meter queers, this only irritated me more.

What irritated me the most was that he was blasting on the phone. Andrea and I were only about ten feet away from his office, so we could hear everything perfectly. And you know what he was talking about? Nothing business-related. He was on a personal call with one of his buddies, probably one of his equally ugly band members in their wannabe reggae Bob Marley cover band. What the hell?

And the fact that he would leave his office, walk past us, completely ignore us, and walk up and down behind the bar didn’t help either. He did that about three times. There was even one instance when he walked right toward us. I thought he was finally taking a few seconds out of his conversation, but nope. He simply grabbed his coffee that was on sitting on the bar top where we were and went back to his office. What a fucker.

Twenty minutes into our wait, he finally decided to leave his office to ask us what we needed. When we told him that we were just there for an application, he told us that the applications were upstairs at the restaurant. We told him that they sent us down to the bar; but evidently, he printed more out that morning and gave them to the restaurant. *sighs*

So again, we went back upstairs. The blonde server had the audacity to put on a show. She asked us if we got an application from downstairs. We told her that the manager told us that he sent up newly printed ones that morning, and she pretended that she forgot and went and gave each of us an application. I would be saying fuck you to the blonde server too, but there’s a possibility that she really did forget about the newly printed applications, so I won’t; thus, the fuck you only goes out to the Bob Marley wannabe manager.

Fuck you, Denny

Andrea and I applied to the new Roaring Fork near The Domain yesterday. They’re not even finished building it yet. We saw how the new restaurant’s supposed to look when it’s complete, and it’s absolutely gorgeous. It’s right on Stonelake.

After we filled out an application, they made us take an exam. It’s the same exam that Chili’s gives to prospective employees. It has a lot of easy math, but it takes forever to do the problems because you’re not allowed to use a calculator. The math problems are retarded. You never actually use that math as a server. There’s even a small analogy portion and a reading section, much like the ones found on the SAT (well, when the SAT had an analogy portion back in the day). The last half of the exam featured a personality portion, which was more retarded (on a scale of 1 to 5, how friendly do you rate yourself?). There's no possible way that Andrea and I failed the first half of the exam. If we don't get a call back about this job, it was because we didn't pass the personality portion. How would that be possible though since we're already servers? In the case of us not getting an offer, they'll make the next Fuck You Friday.

Anyhow, while I was taking my exam, I got a text from Denny. It just said, "Why don't you want to play with me anymore?" What the hell? Who the hell says that to someone? Play with him? He must think that this is all a game. He probably thought that I was joking when I told him that I thought it was best we kept our distance. So delusional.

I believe that's it. I can only think of two people who made the Fuck You Friday this week. I'm sure it'll grow. Until then...

March: A Little Bit of This, and a Little Bit of That

[Edit]: I have Twitter now. I don't even know what it's used for, who uses it, how it's supposed to be used, and why people use it. I just got it because everyone seems to have it, and I didn't want to feel left out. People ask me all of the time if I have it; and now that I do, I don't remember who these people are. It kind of defeats the purpose, I know. So if you were one of those people who suggested that I get it, or if you have it and want to add me (that's how it works, right? You add people and read their posts, or something like that?), then add me on Twitter: dr_apple_scruff. I also just figured out how to add my Twitter updates on this thing. I assume that one update will be on there for a long time. We'll see though.*

It's been nearly a month since I last updated. I'm just going to type up a few stories that I remember from the past month.

I. City of Austin parking ticket

I got a $25 ticket from some douche bag parking queer who works for the city of Austin. The funny thing (not in the haha way, but more in the that's-pretty-freaking-stupid way) about it all is that I was in the freaking car when he wrote me up. I parked on University in a no parking zone, which was located right behind a parking zone. It wasn't permanent since I was just there to wait for Andrea while she finished class. Besides, the no parking zone was on a corner, completely out of the way of everything else. A couple of cars even pulled up behind me a few times. No biggie.

A car that was parked in front of me in the parking zone actually left while I was waiting. I almost pulled into the empty spot, but decided not to since like I said, I was just waiting. And of course, the one time I decide to be nice, I get a fucking ticket for it. I even approached the meter officer (meter butler?) and informed him I was in the car the entire time. He was an asshole and said he couldn't do anything about it because he already wrote me up. What a fucker.

I called the city and asked them how I could contest the ticket. The guy was super nice to me (and gay...not that it was relevant, but I thought I'd throw it in anyway) and told me to just go to the court and do it since it was the fastest way. So, we went. It was scary. Nothing but lots of Mexicans...like, the stoop labor kind. The security guard (who was black...again, not that it was relevant, but I am always curious to know what ethnicity people are) thought we graduated high school from Austin High or something together. Not the case since I graduated from some other shit high school that's about two hours away from here. When I walked through the metal detector, he said something really casually, borderline inappropriate (perhaps it wouldn't be inappropriate if I knew him), to me.

The hearing officer (a Mexican) failed to dismiss my ticket. He said I broke the law, a law that apparently doesn't care about exceptions. I explained what happened, and he was just apathetic to the situation. I even told him that the sign simply said no parking, not no parking AND no standing, which is what I was doing. He didn't care. What made it worse was his God awful stupid analogy. He said that even if my own mother was dying and I was driving her to the ER, I couldn't park my car along the hospital's curb for the doctors and nurses to take her in since it is a no parking zone. So pretty much, I'd have to park my car in the already full parking lot. After driving around a few times on the ground floor of the lot, I'd have to drive to the next level for a vacant spot, and then another level if there wasn't a spot there either, take the elevator to the ER, find a gurney or wheelchair, and push my mother to the nurse liaison. He told me that if I parked my car on the no parking zone of a hospital's curb, no matter the circumstance, even if it was to bring my dying mother to the ER, I'd be breaking the law and could be penalized. That made me so mad. Who the hell says something like that?

I wanted to tell him that I hope his mother dies that way. I didn't though, of course. All of the appeals are taped. I didn't want that recorded. But really though, I hope that happens to him. Either that, or I hope I'm the doctor on call when they come in. I'll be waiting on the curb with the gurney. When they pull up to the curb, I'll refuse service and tell him to park his car since he's violating state law. He'll probably yell that it's an emergency, but I'll tell him that it's the law. If he's already breaking the law, and I'm helping someone who's breaking the law, then that means I'm breaking the law. I wouldn't want that to happen again.

Karma's a bitch though, right? Sometimes literally.


II. St. Ed's $25 parking ticket

Yeah, I got this the very NEXT day. This was just stupid too. Some officer gave me a ticket for improperly displaying my parking permit. For some reason, St. Ed's has sticker permits that you're supposed to put on the outside of the rear window. That's just stupid. All normal schools have those permits that hang from your rear view mirror. I put my St. Ed's permit on the inside of my rear window. I do this because it allows me to easily transfer it from car to car. Andrea and I carpool to school. Sometimes we take her truck, sometimes we take my SUV. So, of course, we need easily transferable permits.

And to appeal parking violations here, you have to call and make a court appointment. You have to appear in front of the school court. What the hell? Maybe I'm just spoiled to some of UT's reasonable techniques; for example, how to appeal parking violations. At UT, we could appeal it online. We just had to fill out a form online, type in our side of the story/what actually happened, and then they reply in a timely fashion whether they believe you or not. Really simple. I wish the same was used at St. Ed's. Oh no.

They sent me an e-appeal form. I already filled it out and sent it back. They bubbled me in to appear in student government court sometime next month. So lame. I should write a brief before I appear in court, put on a suit, and present it.

I have a feeling that they're not going to waiver this either. In that case, I'm going to continue my refusal to pay $25. It wasn't like the officer didn't see my permit. He did. So, what's the matter? I paid $85 to park on campus, and now I'm charged another $25 for parking in a spot I'm allowed to park in since I already paid for it? I don't think so.


III. Andrea's glasses

I stepped on them yesterday morning. They were on the floor, underneath a blanket! How the hell was I supposed to know they were there? She put them there, instead of putting them, oh, I don't know, anywhere else but the floor. The right lens is cracked, and she can't really see through it.
We're due to get new glasses anyway, so I guess it doesn't really matter. We went to the optometrist over Spring Break and got new prescriptions, so we're going relatively soon for new ones. I've had my glasses for five years, so my eyes definitely deserve new ones, even though the doctor said my prescription barely changed. What? I still don't get that. I can't see the board when I sit in the front row.

IV. Spring Break

It was lame...much like this description of it. We didn't do anything but go home to Kerrville and then come back to Austin a few days before we had to go back to school. My highlight was going to the dentist and eye doctor. No, wait...I have a story that happened over Spring Break.


V. Denny is a psycho

I highly doubt that I ever mentioned Denny. I'm sure this was because he never surfaced enough in my life that he was ever worth mentioning to anybody. Let me give you a quick rundown of who Denny is.

I met him a few years back when I was still with Mark. He and Denny worked together. I think Denny was a contractor or something of the kind, I'm not so sure now, nor is it relevant to the story. But when I would go out to lunch with Mark, Denny was sometimes there to join us. When I would occasionally visit Mark at work, Denny was sometimes there, and we'd say hello. Denny and I had a lot to talk about, mainly because we grew up in the same parts of Texas (although, he has a heavy Southern drawl, and I still don't. He thinks it's because I purposely talk fast to avoid it ever coming out. Apparently, he thinks I do have one when I speak slowly...kind of like Andrew...but they're both idiots, so this can't be true) and because we're both Republicans. I think I've seen Denny a total of ten times, if that. Denny moved to Llano when he and Mark finished whatever project, and that was also around the same time Mark and I broke up. That was the last time I spoke/heard of/thought of Denny.

Until recently.

I got a text during work (I don't think I mentioned this either. It will be VI) from an Austin number, asking if this was still my number. I texted back and asked who it was. It was Denny, and he was just wondering if I still had the same number. We exchanged numbers because Mark would leave his phone at the office when we went out, and we'd have to get a hold of Denny to tell him where to meet us, etc. Anyhow, I texted Denny back and told him that I had the same number, etc. We texted back and forth very innocently, no biggie.

Then he asked me if I was still with Mark. That should've been my red flag, but nope. When I told him that we broke up years ago, Denny got a little weird on me. He told me that for the longest time, he's had the biggest crush on me...even when I was with Mark. That's why he was always there at lunch. He'd ask Mark if it was okay to tag along since he had no plans; but in actuality, he just used that as an excuse to see and talk to me. He even said that while they were working on site, he'd look at every girl that would pass by, hoping that it was me. What the?

He went on to say that he still feels the same way towards me. He's had girlfriends since we've known each other, but they don't challenge him enough, etc. I told him that he was being ridiculous since we don't even know each other. He agreed and said that it was frustrating for him to be so attracted to me when he barely knows me and barely remembers what I look like. He said it caused him physical pain, and he used that excuse to explain why he wants to see me. If he sees me and spends time with me, then his frustration will go away since it'll verify his feelings for me. What on Earth? I told him that it was a weird situation for me since he is/was friends with Mark, and I just wanted to avoid all potential problems and awkwardness with that. He didn't seem to understand anything.

He proposed to come up to Austin to take me out to dinner to show me that it wouldn't be awkward. He was already in town to cash a check in and wanted to meet up. I refused. Not flat out. I told him that I was working late, which wasn't true. He suggested that we meet up in Fredericksburg, which is a little town I go through on my way to Kerrville, during my Spring Break. I believe it's about a 40-minute drive away from where Denny currently resides. I told him that we'd see.

Then on Monday of my Spring Break, I finally decide to head back to Kerrville. I told him that I was going to Fred and had to pop in Wal-Mart to check if they had some movies that Andrea wanted. We have a Wal-Mart in Kerrville, but it's out of my way. The one in Fred is on my way, so I thought I'd just drop by there. Two hours after I send that text, he texts me and asks where I am. I tell him that I'm still in Austin, and he says that he's already here. Here? Yeah, at the Wal-Mart in Fredericksburg. I asked him why he was there, and he replies with, "Because you told me to be here." What?! I told him that I was going to Wal-Mart, and he interpreted it as an invitation. I apologized to him for the misunderstanding and told him that's not what I meant. He said it was fine because he had to go into the store any way to get a few things. Pft.

Nearly two hours later after that text conversation (so, four hours from the first text to him saying that I was going to drop by Wal-Mart), I arrive in Fred. I parked into Wal-Mart's parking lot and headed toward the store. As I'm walking through the parking lot towards the store, I see Denny about fifteen feet away from me, walking the opposite direction. I quickly turned my head 90 degrees to the left and kept walking. I didn't know what to do. I kind of freaked and just turned my head to avoid him. I mean, c'mon...the guy waited nearly four hours? That's just creepy. He didn't see me though because he was looking down at his cell phone, texting, while walking. Five seconds later, I felt my phone vibrate in my back pocket. I quickly went inside the store and checked the message. It said that he had to go back to Wal-Mart because he forgot to get something, but he was on his way to his car because he forgot his wallet; and that since he's already here, we can meet up. He told me that he was going to wait for me outside on the bench. Yeah right.

I ran through the store to check on those DVDs. They didn't have them, so I bought roses for Mom since I hate leaving a store empty handed. I left the store from a different exit and headed back to my car. Once I was in there, I decided to text Denny to tell him that I wasn't going to Wal-Mart anymore. But in the midst of texting, my phone automatically died. What did I do? Well, I knew I had two options. I could either walk over to him and just do it, or I could just drive back to Kerrville. I did the latter, of course.

I didn't get home till an hour or so later because I had a few errands to run before going to the house. I plugged my phone into the charger and discovered that I had about seven missed calls and eight texts from Denny. The majority of them were "Where are you? I've been waiting forever," and "Did you stand me up again? This makes me so sad because I really want to see you."

I texted him back and told him a somewhat true story of what happened. I told him that I did go to Wal-Mart (true), didn't see him (not true), and couldn't get a hold of him because my phone died (true that my phone died, not true that I couldn't get a hold of him). So, what's that? Two true facts, and two not true facts? Looks like I broke completely even. He told me he went to his car every fifteen minutes or so to plug his phone into his car charger. I told him that it was very possible then that we completely missed each other: while he was on his way to plug his phone into his car, I was on my way inside the store on the other side. And since my phone died and I didn't have his number memorized, I didn't know how to get in touch with him. He bought it, but was completely let down. I felt pretty crappy about that.

I mean, one half of me went to him. It really did. He waited four hours to see me. And I did lie to him. That part I didn't like, but you know...you have to protect yourself sometimes, no matter what. That's the part that won me over. My bad/protective/selfish side always wins. I finally concluded that he was a little on the psycho side to drive almost an hour to a city and wait four more hours for me when the meeting wasn't planned, or mutually wanted. Then I thought about what he said about how he feels towards me, and how he has felt towards me, even when I was with Mark. I didn't like that at all. I remembered how Denny used to ask me, "Why do you want a used car like Mark, would you could have a new one like me?" People used to tell me their concerns about Mark's baggage, including Denny. He'd tease me all of the time about Mark's baggage that he didn't carry. I guess he wasn't really joking.

Denny continued in his attempt to persuade me to see him. He hasn't been successful. However, I think he finally got the hint this weekend. I told him again that the whole situation was uncomfortable for me and that I wasn't sure that seeing him was the best thing. He should be with someone his own age (he's 35) who's ready for the same things that he wants in life right now. I told him that I didn't want a family right now or soon, and more than likely, will never want one. And I told him that I was still in a considerably different stage in my life than he is. I'm still in my developmental phase and will be for a while.

Then he had the nerve to say that this was it for me. He wasn't going to keep trying to convince me to see and be with him. He didn't want to wait for me. He wanted to be together now and then see what happens and gave me this now or never ultimatum: if I didn't want to be with him now, then I can forget him altogether. For those of you who know me pretty well, you all know that I don't respond well to these, or bluffs or threats in general. How dare he thought he had the nerve to say something like that to me. I was pissed. I told him that I could never be with him because he had all of these expectations, which I hate, and that it was probably best that we just stopped knowing each other. I don't think he expected me to say that. He kind of back peddled and told me that I didn't mean that. I did though. He hasn't called me since.

Boys, no matter what age, are all idiots.


VI. New job

It's just a temp/seasonal job. Austin ISD hired me in their system wide testing area. I only work during TAKS season (Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills is the state standardized exam that students who attend public schools are required to take). Basically, I'm I'm the person who handles a lot of the crap that goes on about the TAKS.

The exam's supposed to reflect the progress of the school: what the teachers are teaching the kids, if what they're teaching coincides with the required standards set forth by NCLB, if how they're teaching is effective, if they need to hire new teachers or to specifically train their teachers how to teach students to be successful on the TAKS, etc. Really though, it's about money. If the school's academically recognized, they get a bonus from the state. If the school does poorly for a certain amount of years, they can be shut down. I'm the person who the schools come to about questions, I handle the shipment and packing, etc. for all of the exams in the Austin and surrounding areas. It's just a temp/seasonal job though since students don't take the TAKS year round. We just got finished with Reading and Writing. Next month's math. Then over the summer, we'll be preparing for the upcoming school year.

It's not bad either. I get paid $15 an hour, and I don't really do anything. When I first started, they trained me to "stage," which is pretty much just checking in the schools and their paperwork to ensure that all of their documents: booklets, scantrons, stickers, etc. are all there. They even make you sign all of this paperwork that you're certified and that you'll keep everything confidential, etc. So pretentious. You actually have to have a degree to do this crap. I was the youngest and least educated one there. This nice lady named Willa, who's a calculus professor, worked there for some extra money. There was another lady who's a retired psychologist and geologist. What the hell?

They set up a row of about seven desks for check-in. I was at the last one. And since no school wanted to walk over to my desk, I barely worked that entire time during that particular phase. There were about 200 schools that came in one day. I took three of them. I check really fast because I know what I'm looking for a doing, so it takes me about ten minutes, max. I was there for more than ten hours, so I only did about thirty minutes, if that, of actual work. The rest of the time I sat at my desk, studied, and did homework. And oh, they also provided breakfast and lunch. So pretty much, I sat at my desk, did school work and ate for free while getting paid. I want a permanent job just like this one. Someone help me out.


All right, well, I think that's enough. I type way too much, I know. I apologize. But I do think that it makes up for my lack of entries. I promise to do a lot better. I'm actually considering writing at least once a week, specifically for my new creation, Fuck You Friday.

Fuck You Friday is a weekly entry written every Friday (clever, I know) that will consist of fuck you shout outs to idiots who irritated me throughout the week. I'll write up stories about what happened and about said people's role in them. I figured I do this a lot anyway, so why not reserve a specific day for it? I suppose my other entries will be filled with frillies or something, who knows? But I do know that Fuck You Friday will be a lot of fun. I'll be able to release a lot of irritation and tension from the week, and you all get to read up and laugh about it. See? Fun for all.

Okay, I'm going to go read up on for my Bio lab.

*I decided to scratch all that Twitter shit out. Andrea and I were talking about how dumb it was since it's basically a site where you just type up a bunch of statuses, only it's frequent, sometimes daily...that's just...dumb.

It's Monday Already?

As expected, I didn't do anything after my Evolution exam last Thursday. I picked up Andrea from UT, we went to pick up four free tickets to the UT women's basketball team v. Baylor game (Why? I don't know. We had nothing to do this weekend, so we thought we'd waste our time there. I know no one cares about women's basketball, but it was something to do), and then we had a disgusting lunch. For those of you who aren't from ATX, Austin is one of the worst places for Asian food. If you're going to eat out in Austin, I highly recommend staying away from Asian food and getting Tex-Mex or BBQ instead. If you don't like Tex-Mex or BBQ, are a vegetarian, or a liberal hippy who only likes things organic, then go to Kerbey Lane. You'll be doing yourself a favor, trust me...I'm a doctor.

Haha, speaking of which...I remember my first or second year at UT, I saw some cross-eyed girl on the bus who had a shirt that said, "Trust me, I'm a doctor." That cracked me up...like, literally cracked me up right in front of her. I wasn't sure if she saw me laughing at her or not. She did look in my direction, but she looked as if she was looking at something behind me. I did turn around and saw no one there, so maybe she was looking at me? Matters not.

So yeah...we did absolutely nothing this weekend. I planned on cleaning the house and doing laundry, but neither of those two things were accomplished. Instead, we spent the weekend over at Auntie Linda's, who was having a bad week. Not only was she fighting a week-long battle against the flu, but her cat, Samantha, of eighteen years was put to sleep.

Sam had kidney failure and couldn't even eat by herself. Auntie had to blend her food, put it in a syringe, and squirt it in her mouth. And even then, Sam couldn't keep any of the liquefied food down. Auntie just put her to sleep, so Sam wouldn't suffer. It was quite sad. I bet it's worse than losing a child. At least with a cat, you don't have to watch over it 24/7. And unlike a child, it doesn't talk back to you and pisses you off. I don't know.

I called Auntie to ask if she wanted to go to the UT v. Baylor game with us, but she said no. She still wasn't feeling well enough to go, then she told me about Sam...then started crying. Bawling. I couldn't even make out what she was saying. Talk about awkward. I've never heard Auntie Linda cry, so this was a completely new thing for me. She's one of the strongest people I know. I consider Auntie like a second mother to me, so hearing her cry made me want to cry. But since I'm such a hard ass, I couldn't.

After the stupid game on Saturday afternoon (we lost because the UT girls play like a middle school JV team), we went to Chili's with Shelly (she went with us to the game), Andrea's friend who she met through her basketball class and teammate off of their intramural basketball team. We always eat at Chili's because it's cheap, so...yeah.

Anyhow, while we were there having dinner, there was this guy who kept looking in my direction. I think he worked there since he was at a table with other people who worked there too. People who just got off their shifts would migrate to the table that had everyone else who just got off, or were waiting for their shift to begin, etc. Since I worked at Chili's for a few years, I can pick up on similar practices like that since I did. So yeah, this guy just kept looking over at us. Then he'd say something, then two or three other guys he was with would look back at us and smile. Really mature stuff.

Then finally, this guy gets up from his table, says something to his friends, and walks in our direction. He comes up to our table, tells us to have a good evening, slides me a piece of paper, and then leaves. I flip the note over, and sure enough, it's a poor attempt to get me to call him: "Hi, my name's X, and I was really shy to come up to talk to you. I'm single and have been for a while. I thought you were really cute and funny, and you caught my attention. If you're interested, please call me at XXX-XXX-XXXX."

Lame. If you're interested in talking to me, then come up to talk to me! I think that goes for any girl. We like confidence. If you can't even come up to us and introduce yourself, then you shouldn't bother with trying to get anything else from us.

So after we left Chili's, we went home and played Rock Band and Guitar Hero. You see how terribly lame we are? That's how we spend our free weekends, haha. Then after that, we went over to Auntie Linda's and brought her dinner. Andrea brought some DVDs, and we watched two movies. We didn't finish the movies till 1:30 A.M., so Auntie Linda told just to spend the night, and we did.

We went to Mass the next morning at 11:30, then went to Chili's again for lunch. Auntie Linda loves Chili's, especially the chocolate molten cake, which I hate...but, whatever. And again:

Our server, "I know you from somewhere..."
Me, "Impossible. I've never been here before."
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah..."
"Have you worked at Washington Mutual before?"
"Nope." (What do I know about savings and loans?)
"You sure?"
"Yeah." (Don't you always love that, when someone asks you if you're sure of something about yourself, i.e. "Are you sure you don't have a twin sister?")
"Because I worked with a girl who looked just like you."
"Well, I'm not her."
"Well, I'll definitely remember you from now on. I always remember a pretty face."

Gag.

I got my Chemistry exam back today. I'm disappointed. I got a low B. I looked over my calculations and the key. I'm such an idiot. I did my calculations correctly, but wrote down the wrong final answer. What the? I didn't have time to look over my answers and made a lot of stupid, careless mistakes. So unlike me. Oh well, it happens. We have two more exams in there, so I'll be okay. I better be, anyway.

Andrea just told me that Demetri Martin is coming to UT next week! How exciting! I just read that he went to Yale and nearly graduated from NYU Law School. Wow. Did he just become more attractive? Ha. If any of you are interested, please give me a call or send a text.

I'm excited that tonight's the season finale of The Bachelor! I doubt that Jason's going to pick Deanna; but man, wouldn't that make for such a dramatic and wonderful, albeit wrong, season? Maybe it wouldn't be too wrong. Deanna dumped him last season for another guy. And to add insult to injury, she allowed him to propose to her, and then told him that she chose someone else. Ha. And now that Jason's the new bachelor this season, Deanna's going to try to win him back. They showed some clips of her return, and she's alone with him, telling him that she made a mistake. Maybe he will take her back?

I don't know if I'd be able to take an ex back. Well, especially if I was in Jason's shoes, where he's already in love with someone else. I don't know if I could take an ex back after falling for someone else. I don't know. I mean, I know that you always have a place in your heart reserved for said person, but...eek, I don't know. I think people deserve second chances, but...wow. I'm not in that position right now, so I really don't know. If I ever am, expect a good entry. Haha.

All right, well I need to start studying for my Bio lab quiz. I haven't done so yet, and lab starts at 2. I'll write more later.